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Omar Zahzah

Omar Zahzah
Omar Zahzah is a writer, poet, organizer of Lebanese Palestinian descent, and Assistant Professor of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies at San Francisco State University. Omar has covered digital repression in relation to Palestine as a freelance journalist since May 2021, with work appearing in such outlets as Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, CounterPunch, and more. Omar holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA.


The New McCarthyism: On Canary Mission’s Toxic Blacklisting of Pro-Palestinian Sentiment

“Canary Mission seeks to create a global ‘surveillance’ system based on smears and lies.”
September 24, 2025  By Omar Zahzah
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